Friday, 24 June 2016

A demostration was held today inside Rainbow Towers, home to VP Phelekezela Mphoko. Anti-riot cops then moved in and removed the protesters.

The MDC has condemned Mphoko saying he should be ashamed of himself. "It is on public record that Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has
been staying in a 5 star hotel for 552 days ever since he was sworn as
Vice President of Zimbabwe in December, 2014.

The MDC is deeply
concerned and indeed, saddened by the level of insensitivity,
selfishness and profligacy that is being exhibited by this man who also
refers to himself as a war veteran notwithstanding the fact that his
liberation struggle history is rather shadowy
and mired in controversy. Mphoko's apparent love for living life on the
fast lane is a monumental embarrassment not only to himself but to all
patriotic Zimbabweans. The man has so far proven to be a deal big joke!

Mphoko was recently offered two up-market and spacious houses in the
leafy suburbs of Harare by the State One of the houses was left behind
by the late Vice President John Landa Nkomo. The nation was advised that
Mphoko refused to occupy both houses maintaining that they were not
good enough for a man of his status. What the cheek is that?

After the last house that he had accepted was renovated by the State,
the apparently greedy Mphoko stated that the renovations made were not
effected to his taste and standards. Who does this man think he is?
Does he know that he is just a nonentity compared to revolutionary icons
and liberation struggle stalwarts such as the late Vice President
Joshua Nkomo and the late Vice President John Landa Nkomo? It is
apparent that Mphoko would like to set a new Guiness Book of World
Records as the Vice President who stayed the longest in a 5 star hotel
Presidential suite.

The MDC is absolutely disturbed by Mphoko's
lack of respect and indeed, commiseration, with the majority of
suffering Zimbabweans most of whom cannot even put one square meal on
the table per day. Put simply, Mphoko is a national disgrace. He has
been occupying a Presidential hotel suite at the Rainbow Towers in
Harare at a minimum cost of US$430 per day to the national treasury.
With politicians and government officials in the mould of Mphoko,
Zimbabwe's socio-economic quagmire can only but get worse and worse. The
Zanu PF regime is struggling to pay civil servants their salaries and
wages on time but we have a Vice President who wants to lead the life of
a celebrity at the expense of a bankrupt government. What a shame! What
a disgrace!

Mphoko should immediately be called to order. He
should vacate the Presidential suite that he is occupying at the Rainbow
Towers. He should move into the house that was bought for him by the
State in the leafy suburb of the Grange in Harare. Obert Chaurura Gutu MDC National Spokesperson